6. The publisher and editor of the Washington Post insisting on a white mayor. Your liberal media at work, folks.
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7. Extrapolate that Bradlee/Graham anecdote to a city where the interests of the vast majority were shunted aside & you understand Barry.
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8. Both Ford and Barry found a ready constituency which legitimately felt their needs had been neglected.
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9. The legal troubles Ford and Barry found themselves in only served to heighten the populist drama. "They are out to get him."
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10. In Barry's case, persecution narrative was justified: there was real police entrapment that targeted him.
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11. Despite parallels, important difference: Barry did push for policies that had large, positive impact on his lives of DC citizens.
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12. Ford, much more than Barry, was throw back to old school ward boss: guy who will fix small problems of everyday life.
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13. Perhaps key difference: Barry had a large, rooted social movement behind him & disciplining him: civil rights.
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14. With Ford we see what happens with an undisciplined populism, one that is not held in check & given real agenda by a social movement.
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@Susan_Munn Fair point.
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